The U.S. House approved a bill Thursday that would impose a new tax on the $165 million paid to bailed-out insurance giant AIG as Senate Republicans stepped up criticism of the Obama administration's handling of bonuses. Separately, New York's attorney general says AIG has given him the list of employees who received a total of $165 million in retention bonuses.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says troubled insurance giant American International Group paid bonuses of $1 million or more to each of 73 employees, including 11 who no longer work for the company. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he is working with the Justice Department to determine whether any retention bonuses paid by American International Group can be recovered.

President Obama told Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to take all legal measures to block hefty bonuses awarded to employees of AIG, the insurance company that received up to $180 billion in bailout money, a White House adviser said Monday.

The New York attorney general's office on Monday moved to force former Merrill Lynch & Co. CEO John Thain to disclose details about bonuses paid to Merrill employees before the company was sold to Bank of America Corp.

Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Ken Lewis has received a subpoena from the New York state attorney general's office in connection with Merrill Lynch's payment of employee bonuses before the companies combined on Jan. 1.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has issued subpoenas for former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain and Bank of America's chief administrative officer, as his office investigates bonuses Merrill paid executives just before being sold to Bank of America (BAC).